I thought they already were? In my (late) coprs we had Nowashelski, Sobotnicki, Skibinski (the smiling assasin) and a bloke who rose to be RSM who used to appear on daily detail as Cpl Magic because his name Macjyrak couldn't be spelt...and Ive spelt it wrong too. The Glasgow Polish were rife inthe KOSB, I remember one of our girls marrying a Yankevich...good rugby player too!!

If people fit the legal criteria they can join the Armed Forces, that should NOT be changed as a quick fix.

I served over the years with Irish, Italian, Spanish, Fijian, West Indian, Polish (in an Irish Regiment!), German, French, South African, Canadian, Dutch, Indian, Malaysian and God knows how many other descents/nationalities. All were BRITISH soldiers, and generally as good as any other. Where does anyone see the problem?

Single nationality/race/religious regiments or units are a total no-no, as was the idea recently of a Sikh regiment, which was rightly howled down here on Arrse. But remember, for God's sake, we're short of manpower, every unit in the Army is under manned, so if a potential recruit fits the criteria for joining we should be welcoming him/her with open arms!!!!

All for it, provided their command of the English language is squared away.

I worked with some Polish lads a couple of years back, I can't sing their praises highly enough, slick, switched on, and bloody fearless.
They put most of the British lads I was working with to shame (me included).

And (generally) being Slavs they have that good looking high cheek bone thing going on.

I knew 2 Polish officers of WWII origin in the RAF many years ago. Very amusing characters they were too. There is also at least one serving soldier in the British Army who was born in Russia, unthinkable 20 years ago.